The rural healthcare sector is telling the government that the way New Zealand addresses health inequalities for rural and indigenous Māori patients will be under global scrutiny next year. New ...

With Tory Whanau announcing she will no longer be seeking another term as the Mayor of Wellington, it would be extremely unwise for the city council to sign any contracts for the Courtenay Place ...

I love you, Mummy. Please don’t die today.” That’s what Jade Steven’s five-year-old son whispered to her one morning before school.

Ian Apperley What a difference a week makes. It’s hard to keep up with the madcap shambles that is going on around the mayoralty race in Wellington. Attempts at history are being rewritten, ...

Wellington Electricity expects to restore power over the weekend to the bulk of its remaining 300 customers without power. It says final work should be done by the middle of next week. It is ...

MetService downgraded the Red Strong Wind Warning for Wellington, the Hutt Valley and Porirua to Orange at 9:00pm last night and the Orange Wind Warning ended at 3:00am this morning. While ...

Felicity Wong It takes a while for head office memos to reach council staff. The Local Government infrastructure conference ...

Wellington Water has been working for a second day today, without success, to stop sewage overflowing into stormwater drains at Chaffers Dock. Tonight they announced plans to close Chaffers Street ...

A fire in a boiler room at Hutt Hospital has been extinguished, after nine fire trucks or support vehicles were called. Fire and Emergency shift manager Murray Dunbar said the fire was brought ...

Businessman and politician Sir Bob Jones has died at the age of 85. “I can confirm on behalf of the family that Sir Robert ...

As the Hīkoi for Health approaches its conclusion, doctors Art Nahill and Glenn Colquhoun are proud to announce that their “vanbulance” journey is in its final days. From New ...

Report from RNZ As a progressive mayor, Tory Whanau says she has had to deal with the “old guard” resistant to change. Whanau ...